Is this a desireable flathead bellhousing?

Where I work, there's a conveyer belt powered up with an old ford industrial OHV 4 banger engine and a truck-style 4 speed tranny, no reverse. The back of the engine block looks remarkably like an early flathead. The bellhousing is not part of the tranny case, like an early ford 3 speed setup. I don't know if the old 3/4 and 1 ton fords had a separate bellhousing like this or not. Did I stumble onto a cool factory bellhousing adaptable to use a modern transmission behind a 59-A engine or is this thing simply a big truck bellhousing with the starter on the wrong side?.........

 

Hey, I just noticed it has reliefs in the right side for a flathead V/8 mounted starter too. I imagine it's a common bellhousing used on early trucks?

 

It is a common big truck trans adaptor. BUT, I think it is the one needed for a T5 to flathead job.

 

Some people seem to think it's worth something:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=33733&item=7951667509&rd=1

Mike

 

It appears to be quite thin --- like about 4 inches from front to back.

Is that about right Rocky? If so, I know where one of those is and I think that they are made of cast iron rather than stamped steel. That might make it hard to bolt to a T5 because drilling new holes in cast dosn't work out very well.

 

WTF????????????? All the cast I have drilled was like butter. Tapped nice as well.

 

That tranny looks more like a newer Warner T-18.

 

Yeah, it's definetely cast iron. The material is pretty thin at the transmission bolt flange and without bosses cast in where you needed to drill a new tranny bolt pattern, it'd be weak. Maybe a simple adapter plate could be whipped up to bolt to this thing tho.

 

There's a guy on Ebay selling this plate adapter to bolt a T-5 to that Ford hogshead.



Is this a Hamber?

 

COOL!...I knew this piece had some worth to someone!

 

Not sure if he's on the HAMB, but the seller is Dwight Bond, I believe formerly of Gibbon fiberglass. He listed these over on the fordbarn forum also. I'm ordering one today. I'll list his address & email if anyone is interested. His adapter uses the front "hogshead" of the common four speed truck transmission. These transmissions are usually throw-aways. After looking, I think this will make a nice conversion using the 48 - 52 truck pedals/linkage/bellhousing as a unit with minimal work in about any frame.

 

Dwight Bond? I know Dwight. I bought the windshield frame for the Rocky 33 from Dwight. I wonder how much he gets for his adapter?

 

i have one of those, truck unit. mines fer sale!

 

Dwight's a good guy...

 

Hey Rocky, do you speed shift that conveyor belt? Lol. later shawn

 

He's getting $100 for the adapter and $10 for shipping. His address is:

Dwight Bond
PO Box 520
Gibbon, NE 68840